There is bad news for the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA Government. The Mood of the Nation poll has detected the initial signs of an anti-incumbency feeling that has shrunk the ruling alliance's support in the past six months.

There is bad news for the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA Government. The Mood of the Nation poll has detected the initial signs of an anti-incumbency feeling that has shrunk the ruling alliance's support in the past six months.

Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee's call for job reservations for the poor among the upper castes can be linked to the coming elections in Rajasthan where the BJP needs to win over the dithering forward class. Meanwhile it has triggered a debate over the feasibility of such a quota.

In cricket's homeland, England, a new form of the game has been played - Superskills. In one of the contests, super batsmen were pitched against a controlled bowler - a computerised machine - to find out who was the best hitter
in ideal conditions.

"The observation that the employees have no moral or equitable right to strike was uncalled for and is beyond comprehension." Soli J. Sorabjee, attorney general, opposing the Supreme Court ruling on right to strike

A chance discovery of a partially preserved body by a team of trekkers cracked the frozen mystery of the
AN-12 that had disappeared over the glaciers of Lahaul-Spiti with 102
onboard on February 7, 1968.

The contentious Delhi statehood issue is back to confuse everybody. BJP-led Union Government which slept over the issue for five years that suddenly wants full statehood for Delhi, just before the assembly
elections.